Last night we had the privilage of staying at a customer’s house that they have for rent. Aimee and I usually try to do something special for our anniversary and this year, it was this! Aimee is a southern girl and not used to swimming in our lakes that sometimes have all sort of “icky” things on the bottom, like sticks and weeds and such. Thus when I found out about this place that had an indoor pool, jacuzzi, and jet air tube, I went to find out if we could work something out for our anniversary. This place was HUGE! Six bedrooms, three baths, huge deck, (too cold for that this time of year!:eek:) and huge dining, living area that’s in the picture.

It was a special way to remember the commitment that we made six years ago.

Truly, God has given me a Godly woman, far beyond my highest hopes. She is the one that so quietly encourages me on in my spiritual walk and it is such a privilege to walk thru life with her! I love you Sweetheart!!

August came and went and with it the 1st anniversary of A Stitch in Time’s founding. It also held another move for the business as the old location of 160 sq. feet was insufficient for it’s growth. I now have 270 sq. feet that is contiguous space and is only three-fourths of what I was spending. I moved the last week of August and only now feel like I may be getting settled in.

We are on the move again though. It has been two years since I have been east to see Aimee’s family and with her brother-in-law needing an addition to their trailer, thought that this would be a good time to make a quick trip into Virginia. We plan to leave this Friday after work and drive through the night since that is the best time to travel with small children anyway!! We will be in Ferrum, VA. for the next week before making a quick pass-through trip up to Harrisonburg and Lancaster, PA for a few days before heading home. We plan to return about the 4th of October.

On the humorous side, I had to stay home due to an illness and kept the four oldest children with me. They LOVE having story’s told to them so I decided to tell them several from my growing up days. The one was when I accidentally shot a ring-necked pheasant because I was not using my BB gun properly. So even though my boys are several years away from that right of passage, I decided it is not too early to start instilling in them the need for proper gun safety. After explaining that you never point the gun at something you do not want to shoot, we had a dialogue that went like this.

“Should you point the gun at the dog?”
“NO!”
“Should you point the gun at Grandpa’s chickens?”
“NO!”
“Should you point the gun at the clouds?”
“NOOOO!”
“Why not, son?”
“Because Jesus lives up there!”

We had just gotten done reading the Bible story were Jesus talks about coming in the clouds of glory.